New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 8 - RESIDENTIAL HEALTH FACILITIES
Part 2 - ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES FOR ADULTS
Section 7.8.2.19 - STAFFING RATIOS
Universal Citation: 7 NM Admin Code 7.8.2.19
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
The following staffing levels are the minimum requirements.
A. The facility shall employ the sufficient number of staff to provide the basic care, resident assistance and the required supervision based on the assessment of the residents' needs.
(1) During resident waking
hours, facilities shall have at least one (1) direct care staff person on duty
and awake at all times for each fifteen (15) residents.
(2) During resident sleeping hours,
facilities with fifteen (15) or fewer residents shall have at least one (1)
direct care staff person on duty, awake and responsible for the care and
supervision of the residents.
(3)
During resident sleeping hours, facilities with sixteen (16) to thirty (30)
residents shall have at least one (1) direct care staff person on duty and
awake at all times and at least one (1) additional staff person available on
the premises.
(4) During resident
sleeping hours, facilities with thirty-one (31) to sixty (60) residents shall
have at least two (2) direct care staff persons on duty and awake at all times
and at least one (1) additional staff person immediately available on the
premises.
(5) During resident
sleeping hours, facilities with more than sixty-one (61) residents shall have
at least three (3) direct care staff persons on duty and awake at all times and
one (1) additional staff person immediately available on the premises for each
additional thirty (30) residents or fraction thereof in the facility.
B. Upon request of the department, the facility shall provide the staffing ratios per each twenty-four (24) hour day for the past thirty (30) days.
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